UK Air Travel

Aviation ash crisis brought very best out of Edinburgh
YRCMIU said the following on 26/04/2010 21:17: On Apr 26, 9:14 pm, paris <gdunnhom...(a)aol.com> wrote: On 26 Apr, 20:54, jcurr...(a)FLY2EDIgooglemail.com wrote: On Mon, 26 Apr 2010 11:45:07 -0700 (PDT), GKirk <grahamkirk1...(a)gmail.com> wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ld5AH72eNRo Do yo... 1 May 2010 04:26

Bottleneck Britain needs Heathrow's third runway
Source: http://www.ft.com Andrew Hill .....That would be particularly true if transfer passengers - spooked by the volcano effect - now found alternatives to changing aircraft in London. They account for 30 to 40 per cent of Heathrow's 66m customers annually. Without them, airport owner BAA argues, the airport... 26 Apr 2010 16:08

"Women refuse to go through airport body scanners"
"Two women were stopped from boarding a plane at Manchester Airport after refusing to undergo a full body scan." Full story - <http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8547416.stm> Anyone here been through one of these body scanners yet? ... 7 Mar 2010 16:18

Easy Jet
Advice for travelling Easy Jet, have oversize carry on. I was first on and put our luggage in the overhead locker. We had baggage in the hold so the carry on was 2/3rds the allowable size. As the last boarded and most had oversized baggage, ours was removed and we had to have it under our feet while the over s... 28 Feb 2010 13:24

Easy Jet baggage allowance
I have just received a checklist from Easyjet for my soon flight. It gives smaller dimensions than the web site. Can anyone confirm that they have travelled with 'one standard piece of hand baggage to maximum dimensions of 56x45x25cm' rather than the smaller size in the checklist, 'not exceeding the maximum ... 17 Jan 2010 13:58

Gave up seat and got all this!!!!
Hi All I'm not complaining of course but just wondering how this works?!! Last week we were at Atlanta airport and the airline was just about to start boarding our flight to the UK, before they did they made an announcement. They said they were looking for 8-10 passengers who could be flexible with their trav... 15 Jan 2010 13:53

Rion Air
Rion Air are dropping Electron in favour of Pre Paid MasterCard. A much more expensive card to have and to hold. ... 24 Dec 2009 07:31

Compensation refusal by scheduled airline - no proper reasongiven - what further action can I take
david <example(a)example.com> wrote on 19 September 2009 22:41:48 ... On Sat, 19 Sep 2009 13:35:25 +0100, Roland Perry <roland(a)perry.co.uk> wrote: [snip] It never reached the runway. And the "Departure Status" information doesn't show a gate number. Compare the same flight the following day to see wh... 19 Sep 2009 19:18

Decoding taxes and fees on a ticket
Hi there - I know this question has been asked before, so thanks for your time and patience if you can help me with this one. I've recently bought a ticket from the UK to Norway (with a flight change in Oslo) and the tax breakdown is: 49.00 YQ 10.00 GB 19.70 UB 23.20 ZN I know the second one (10.00 GB) ... 28 Nov 2008 04:18

Flyglobalspan has ETOPS licence suspended
The regional airline Flyglobespan has had one of its flying licences suspended as a result of serious concerns about its operations. Several of the Edinburgh-based firm's services to North America have been affected. The firm has had its 'ETOPS' license, which lets it fly over large expanses of water with ... 18 Oct 2007 14:12